Bel Air North vs Bel Air South

A side-by-side comparison of Bel Air North and Bel Air South: population, income, housing, and more.

Bel Air North and Bel Air South are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bel Air South has the higher population (57,702 vs 31,599 in Bel Air North). Bel Air North has the higher median household income ($137,995 vs $120,721 in Bel Air South). Bel Air North has the higher median home value ($422,700 vs $384,000 in Bel Air South).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air North	Bel Air South
Population	31,599	57,702
Median age	40.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$137,995	$120,721
Median home value	$422,700	$384,000
Median gross rent	$1,651	$1,666
Housing units	11,223	22,989
Homeownership rate	90.9%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air North	Bel Air South
Population	31,941 → 31,599 (-1.1%)	48,425 → 57,702 (+19.2%)
Median household income	$107,689 → $137,995 (+28.1%)	$91,153 → $120,721 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$340,700 → $422,700 (+24.1%)	$281,800 → $384,000 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,495 → $1,651 (+10.4%)	$1,263 → $1,666 (+31.9%)

Bel Air North

Population

31,94131,599

Median household income

$107,689$137,995

Median home value

$340,700$422,700

Median gross rent

$1,495$1,651

Bel Air South

Population

48,42557,702

Median household income

$91,153$120,721

Median home value

$281,800$384,000

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air North	Bel Air South
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.8%
75 and over	6.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air North	Bel Air South
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	74.2%
Black or African American	4.4%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air North	Bel Air South
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	21.7%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air North	Bel Air South
Drove alone	78.6%	73.3%
Carpooled	4.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.7%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.1%	17.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air North	Bel Air South
1-unit, detached	65.6%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	22.0%	30.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	13.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air North	Bel Air South
Poverty rate	3.2%	4.2%
Average household size	2.84	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1991	1991